Night

Which detail from the memoir tells you that fear was a large part of life in the concentration camps?

• trading rubber for bread
• loading heavy stones
• eating thin soup
• obeying the bells

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

Wiesel called his father's knife and spoon "the inheritance" because they were

• the only thing of value that his father had
• as nice as the utensils they had at home
• inherited from his father's father
• worth money to the doctors

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

What insight do you gain from the memoir when Weisel describes his hatred of the bells?

• The prisoner associated the sound of the bells with the selections.
• Lack of organization was a large part of life in the concentration camps.
• THe prisoners hated to elave their work station when the bells rang each day. 
• Their noise reminded the prisoners that they had little control over their own lives.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

Elie Weisel included specific details about the selections in the memoir to

• provide a clear understanding of all he experienced to get readers to sympathize with what concentration camp victims went through.
• accuse the Nazis of gross atrocities.
• argue against opponents that argue the Holocaust was not real.
• accuse countries that did not allow Jewish immigration during WWII era.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

Why did Wiesel try to hide his left arm from the SS doctors?

• He was right-handed.
• His left arm was his weak arm.
• His number was written on his left arm.
• He was hiding bread in his left hand.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

Which of the following text evidences suggests that Wiesel passed selection by running as fast as he could?

• "My head was spinning: you're too thin, you're too weak, you're too thin, you're good for the furnace..."
• "He added smiling, 'In any case, he couldn't have written you down, you were running too fast...'"
• "Everything went off all right. Don't worry. Nothing is going to happen to anyone. To anyone."
• "Dr. Mengele took stock ofthem from head to foot..."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who were Tibi and Yossi?

• SS officers
• Elie's brothers
• fellow prisoners 
• Elie's sisters

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical device used in "Night"?

• repetition
• allusion
• contrast
• personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Read the excerpt from "Night". 
We went to work as usual. We had risen at dawn, as we did every day. We were about to head to the work yard as always.
What is it an example of?

• parallelism
• irony
• tone
• allusion

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The words apart, abandoned, and weeping create a tone of

• relief
• sarcasm
• despair
• anger

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4